Churn.



T. EL GANES.

GHURN. MEM-armen MLBD APR. 29, ll'.-

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lhven'tor provide improved means whereby the strucwill be submerged inthe cream.

useful Churn, of which the following is a butter.

l UNITED srATEs PATNT onirica.

THOMAS' H. GAINES, OF HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GHURN. l 1,082,513. specification mem Patent. raten-ed Dee. so, 1913.

Application aied April 29, 1913. serial No. 764,464.

shown in Fig; 1, the brackets 2 will pull downwardly upon the cap 1 andcause it to bear tightly on the jar. The cap is preferably providedlwith a gasket other suitable materialr which bears Aon the upper endofth and serves to seal the jar when the cap 1 is tightened in the inannerdescribed.

ecured upon cap A1 is a plate 6 having a sleeve 7 which extendsdownwardly through the center of the cap. Thisv sleeve constitutes abearing for a central dasher shaft 8 which is provided with a bevel gear9. This gear meshes with a larger drive gear 10 secured to a shaft 11which is journaled wit-hin a bearing tending upwardly from the plate 6.

any by means of a crank 13. housing 14 is detachably securedon the plate6 and serves to inclose the gear 9, and the shaft 8 extends through thetop of this housing as shown.l

Extending radially from the shaft 8 are dasher blades arrangedpreferably in pairs. As shown in the drawings three ofv these lpairsinay be provided, the blades of he upper and middle pairs l'being pitcheso as to direct the cream downwardly during the rotation of the shaft 8.The blades of the lower pair 16, however, the opposite direction sothat, during the rotation of shaft 8, the cream will be i rectedupwardly by the blades 16.

A cross strip 17 is secured to the bottom he cap l and extendingdownwardly from the ends of this cross strip are hangers 18 providedwith inwardly extending retarding blades 20. These blades extend betweenthe paths ofthe blades 15 and 16. It is to be understood that the blades-15 and 16 are arranged spirally about shaft 8.

In using the apparatus the jar or receptacle A is partly filled with thecream after which cap 1 is placed in position on the jar andthe .jaws 4are clamped upon the jar so as to bind the, gasket thus seal the same.'Shaft 11 is then rotated and moi ion will be transmitted therefromthrough gears l0 and 9 to the shaft 8 To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. Gamesa citizen of the United States,residing at Hopkinsville, in the county of Christian and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and specification. s invention relates tochurns and more particularly to dasher operating mechanism designed foruse in connection with jars such as used extensively in the manufactureof One of the objects of the invention is to ture constituting thepresent invention can be applied readily to a jar and securely fastenedthereto, the said mechanism including stationary and i'evoluble dashermembers which are insertible into the jar, and cooperate to thoroughlybreak the fatty globules and thus expedite the formation of butter. l

A further object is to provide an attachment of this character allworking parts of which are carried solely by a cap adapted to be placedupon the jar or other receptacle so that there are no bearings or jointswhich l'Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appearas the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that ,changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

ii the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown. In said drawings :lfigure 1 is a View partly in section andpartly in elevation of' the ap aratus applied to a jar body. Fig. 2 is asi e elevation of the attachment constitutiii the present invention.

Re' erring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates adisk-like cap having brackets 2 secured thereto preferably atdiametrically opposed points, tiese brackets being extended downwardlyfrom the cap and said shaft will be rotated at a high and havingclamping screws .3 extenf'ling speed. During this rotation of the shaft,

the blades 15 will operate to driveI the ereain downwardly toward thebottom of the receptacle A while the lower blades 16 will operate tothrow the cream upwardly. Thus the cream will be thoroughly agitated bythrough the lower end portions thereof, nach clamping screw beingswivelcd'within a jaw 4. These jaws are adapted to engage the upper endportion of a jar A so that, when the jaws are tightened against the jar,as

5 of rubber or" reason of the conflicting up and down currents which areset up. Furthermore a whirling action is imparted to the entire body ofcream but such action is retarded by the inwardly extending blades 20.This results in still further agitation of the cream. lt will beapparent of course that as a result of this thorough. agitation due tothe peculiar action of the blades 15 and 16 and the retarding action ofthe blades 20, the globules .of cream will be thoroughly broken up andthe formation of'butter will be expedited.

rlhe device constituting the present invention can be easily appliedtojars already in use and attention is called' to the fact that allbearings and joints are located at points above the level of the liquidcontents of the jar or receptacle A. lVhen the cap 1 is removed, allparts of the mechanism are -removed therewith and these parts can beeasily reached for the purpose of cleaning and repairing them.

As the cap 1 fits tightly in position by means of the provision ofgasket 5, splashing of theI contents of the receptacle A is prevented.

What is claimed is z- 1. The combination with a cap, and a bearingelement arranged therein, of a cross strip upon the lower face of thecap, hangers integral with the cross strip and insertible into a churnbody, means extending through the bearing, cross strip and cap forfastening them together, a shaft journaled within the bearing anddepending from the cap, said shaft and hangers being ree at their lowerends, inwardly extend- .ing blades upon the hangers and in the sameplane with the shaft, the blades on one hanger being in almement withthe corresponding lblades on the other hanger, and ,upper and lowerblades revoluble with the shaft and between the blades on the hanger,|the lowerrnost blades on the shaft being pitched to produce an upwardcurrent of liquid and the upper blades on the shaft being pitched torent of liquid uring the rotation of the shaft in one direction.

\ 2e The combination with a cap, and a roduce a downward curbearingelement arranged therein, of a. cross strip upon ers integral with thecross stnip and insertible into a churn body, means extending throughthe bearing, cross strip and cap for fastening them together, a shaftjournaled I within the bearing and depending from the cap, said shaftand hangers being free at i their lower ends, inwardly extending bladesupon the hangers and in the same plane with the shaft, the blades on onehanger being in alinement with the corresponding blades on the otherhanger, upper and lower blades revoluble with the shaft and between'-the blades on the hanger, the `"lowermost blades on the shaft beingpitched to produce an upward current of liquid and the upper blades onthe shaft being pitched to produce a downward current of liquid duringthe ro- I tation of the shaft in one direction, means mounted on the cafor rotating the shaft, and means carried Iby the cap for engaging l themouth portion of upon the jar. lv In testimony that I claim theforegoing i as my own, I have hereto aiiixed 'my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

THOMAS H. GfrlNlS. lVitnesses J. A. WEBB,

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